Jammu

Raghunath mandir

After enchanting srinagar we proceeded to Jammu, reached by midnight 12 retired in hotel room . morning visited Raghunath mandir, ranbireshwar mandir, Lakshminarayan mandir. raghunah mandir complex houses a number of temples in it's vicinity. the  temple was built by maharaja Gulab Singh.The presiding deity is Lord Rama. the crystal shivalinga in Raghunath mandir complex is said to be one for kal sarpa yoga rituals. when milk is poured on the lingam half moon can be seen inside the linga.
after breakfast we left to Amritsar by 10 in the morning, on the way we visited wagah border.
this is the only road border between India and Pakistan, lies on the Grand Trunk Road between the cities of Lahore and Amritsar. every evening there is a retreat ceremony called lowering of flags being held from the year 1959. At that time there is a parade by B.S.F. (Border Security Force),men of India and Pakistani soldiers. troops of each country in their uniform with colourful turban put on a show. the procession is marked with loud shouts of Patriotism full of energy. As the soldiers of both sides reach the gate, it is open. Flags of both countries flying high will be lowered with full respect and brought back. they salute eachother and start the flag lowering. the flags are carefully folded and the gates are closed . A loud trumpet sound marks the end of ceremony and soldiers are back with respective flags.

Durgiana temple

Golden temple

Sita mandir

we with high spirits of patriotism hindi movie songs left to Amritsar, reached by 8.30 pm. hurriedly after refreshing ourselves visited Durgiana temple complex which also houses temples of Sita mata and Hanuman.
the temple is beautiful and located near the Lohgarh gate.. later we visited Golden temple, surrounded by large lake or temple lake known as sarovar which consists of amrit (nectar). there are four enterances to the temple. inside there are many shrines of Sikh gurus and saints. after the tiresome journey returned to hotel for overnight stay. next day morning by 7.00 am we left to Kurukshetra reached there by 3.00pm.

Bhishma kund

Bhishma in bed of arrows

Jyotisar

Kurukshetra is a land of religious and historical importance. it is also known as Dharmakshetra. the imporatance of this place is attributed to the great Kurukshetra war of mahabharatha period. Bhagavadgita upadesham or Gitopadesham as called was preached to Arjuna by Lord Krishna on this land during might war in the dwapara yuga.

Brahma Sarovar

Krishna museum campus

Sannihit Sarovar

the Staneshwar Mahadev temple whose presiding deity is Lord Shiva is believed to be the oldest temple in the vicinity. a few kilometres from Kurukshetra is a village known as Amin, where the remnants of Abhimanyu fort are seen. the land is also known as Uttarvedi, Brahmavedi, Dharmakshetra and Kurukhetra during different periods. places of interest are brahma sarovar, sannihit sarovar, jyotisar (famoussite where Gitopadesham was preached to Arjuna by Lord Krishna), Krishna museum, Bhishma kund, (place where Arjuna shot arrow to the ground to get water to quench Bhishma's thirst)
after recalling mahabharata memories we forwarded our journey to New Delhi which was the last destination of this Pilgrimage.

Birla mandir

Qutbminar

India Gate

redfort

redfort ent

Lotus temple

Places of interest in New Delhi are many. To name few are Rashtrapathi bhavan, Mughal gardens, Parliament house, India Gate, Rajpath, Teen murti bavan, Lodhi gardens, Jantar Mantar.
we leisurely visited Birla mandir, RajGhat, Redfort, QutbMinar, Lotus temple